The Democratic advocate., 1887-07-09
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1887,
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

last ana lnlS week TedllIeu dDOut pi@c'
While celebrating the Fourth, Joseph
Stouch, of this city, shot himself in the thumb
with a cat rifle.
Roop & Zle have done large trade in
binding twine this summer, having sold whole
sale and retail, twelve tons.
Mr.. Paul Kuhns, of this city, has accepted
A position in the First National Bank of West
minister, and will assume duties on Monday.
A SON of Mr. John Clabaugh, living on the
Monocacy, in Taneytown district, died on
Wednesday of last week of sunstroke. lie
was about sixteen years of age.
The Ladies' Mite Society of the Moorhead
NJ. E. Church at Union Mills, will hold an
ice cream festival on the Academy ground,
on Saturday evening" July 9th.
Another apportionment of the state public
school fund Just made, and payable on the
10Th, gives Carroll 81. 999.56 Howard ST.
1852, Frederick S3,l76.31 and baltimore
50, ,2SI.5S.
Mr.. Joseph o. Jones, of Myers district,
raised and sold 1l5 bushels Of peas this season
from half an acre. During the months of
April and May his 300 hens gave him sos
dozen eggs.
Mr.. John P. Waltz, living near New Wind
sor, fell from load of hay last Saturday,
headforemost.an was picked up unconscious,
in which condition he remained until Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. John F. Frick, near Smalwood, raised
this season on II acres of ground 2G5 bushels
of carly peas, and disposed of them at so
cents bushel at B. +. Shriver Il Cos cam
ming factory.
Henry Moorcs, an umbrella mender, was
arrested on Monday for being drunk and dis
orderly, and was committed by Justice Crap
ster for three days in default of fine, under
the corporation law.
On Friday night of last week Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Gilbert entertained number OF
friends at their residence, 16O West Main
street. The occasion was the 10Th anniver-
sary of their marriage.
The Vestry of Ascension Church will meet
on Monday evening to definitely decide wheth-
er to place the new organ where the old one
stands or TO erect an iron gallery for it and
the choir. The organ will be completed
about the first Of September.
A number of the Westminster Forest and
Stream Club started on Tuesday 10 open camp
on the Third Haven, opposite Oxford. Qnite
n number more will go down to-day. The
camp will be open about three weeks, and the
members anticipate fine sport.
The 1y. the rust, the worm and the winter
cut the wheat crop short; the caterpiller de-
stroyed the fruit; the potato obugs attacked the
potatoes, and those that escaped are being
DESTROYED by the rot Corn promises well so
far, and the rye and oats crops are good
A dispatch to the ADVOCATE from the Blue
Mountain House on Thursday, said that there
were $50 guests at the hotel over the Fourth,
and there were 80 there then, with many more
expected. On the Fourth the Western Mary
land Railroad transported 25l5 persons to
Penmar.
Messrs. +. X. Herr and George Leas have
been elected trustees of the Methodist FRO,
testant Church to fill vacancies in the board
caused by the removal from Westminster of
R. b. Norment and the death of Elias Ging
ling. The trustees have decided to put a
large bell in the steepe.
The Gettysburg Star and Sentinel of July
9Th says: Among the many visitors OF the
w. we were glad to meet DIR. j. ). Weaver
and Harry NJ. Claybaugh, Esq, of Carroll
county, Nd They report Republican pros.
meets in Maryland excellent. They are good
Judges but of sanguine temperaments."
The balloon manufactured by Messrs. Harry
Grumbine and A. C. Strasburger, and intend
ed to be sent up on the night of the Fourth,
was not sent off until Thursday evening, owing
10 the high wind on Monday night. The
balloon was quite large, but it did not go very
Hlnn, anu l1uutu Ol iaiiAOau t'oSN JAS'
below the Hotel Albion.
Daniel Killer, living near Denning's, ex-
hibited in this city last Monday a double pig,
farrowed on Saturday. 1t had two heads,
eight legs, three eyes and one vacant eye, four
ears and two tails The monstrosity was
Joined from the heads to the navel, from which
poirt they were perfectly formed and separate
pigs. They were dead and in alcohol.
Mr.. Chas. Schaeffer, near this city, brought
so bashels of new wheat to Westminster on
Wednesday, and sold it to W. S. Myer Il Bro,
at the Westminster FIGURING Mills. On the
same day W. II. Haines delivered small lot
of Is bushels to E. o. Grimes IL Co., at 81
cents busheI. These two lots were the first
new wheat received i'll this city this season.
How opportune the rain on Tuesday last.
Just as harvest was over, after about two
weeks of dry weather, most favorable for
having and harvesting, down came the fertil-
izing showers, dropping fatness on the corn
fields and potato patches, and all garden veg
etables. No one could have timed it better,
had the control of the clonds been committed
to individual hands
Preparations will begin in earnest next
.seek for the fete for the benefit of Ascension
Church, which is TO be held during the week
commencing July 25th. The court house
ward has been secured in which to hold it, and
il is proposed to make it as attractive an affair
as was the one by the Amphon Orchestra a
number of years ago. The grounds will be
beautifully lighted with gas and colored lights
and colored lights are to be hung. on botl
sides of Court street to Main. Besides music
and refreshments other attractions will be
numerous.
Martha Mccormick, colored, was arrested
on Wednesday night for lewdness and being
habitually disorderly. She had hearing
before Justice G. w. Crapster on Thursday
afternoon and was sent to the House OF Cor
rection for six months. On Thursday morn.
ing Ellsworth Gardner plead guilty before
the same Justice to being profane and using
threatening language toward Samuel NJ. Gist.
The evidence in the Mccormick case led tc
shp arrest of Richard Yingling, and he was
arrested Thursday night on a similar charge,
and was committed to jail in default of bail.
The parsonage of Salem Charge, Lutheran
Church, Rev. j. U. Asper, pastor, will be
built in Westminster. A vote was taken by
1;,e krider's congregation last Sunday, and
resulted IN 9 for the Schaefier lot, near the
church. and rs for the Shipley lot, on Penn
syiyania avenue, thia city The Shipley loi
bas oct been purchased, but the joint council
have 40 option on it at S40e It is a corner
lot, 60 feet front on the avenue. A vote to
be taken at Leister's TO morrow, aud an oyer
whelmiug vote Is eXPeetoQ 10 iaHor OF tne
Shipley lot Westminster is between the two
cAurches of the charge. The pastor nov
resides here.
An exhibition of the practical working and
atility OF 0 rather novel fire escape, invented
by Dr.. Wa, il. Gray, Of Mt. Airy. was giyer
IN Frederick city on Wednesday, where it haC
been in course of construction for some time
past. and proved very saccessful. The escape
consists Of light basket made of chains
with metal side bars and bottom, and a dooi
with spring connection. The basket is at
taehed TO d bar or beam across the ledge O.
the window by light woven wire ropes. II
action is automatic, descending at regula
speed when weighted, and rebounding Of it
own accord when relieved of its weight. l
will be given a test coon in Washington. at tn
instance Of the United States Fire Escap'
Commission.
A couple of students at Western Marylan'
College, one a resident of Carroll and the
other from North Carolina, took in Gettys
burg on the Fourth. They we're disappointed
in their arrangements TO drive up, SO the.
concluded to 90 anyhow, and went on foot
going up on Sunday aud returning Monda.